The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard is partnering with Custom Fundraising Solutions (CFS) to hold its third annual Mattress Fundraiser this Saturday, June 2, from 10 am to 5 pm, in the high ...
The school district's 2017-18 Profiles in Professionalism awardees were honored at the May 22 Board of Education meeting.
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue said the Profiles in Professional...
Newtown High School announced its top demi-decile students of the 2018 graduating class at the school on May 24.
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue, Interim Newtown High School Principal Dav...
Middle Gate Elementary School was decorated with artwork created by students throughout the school year for its art show evening on May 10.
Art teacher Jean Walter was ready as students and families a...
The Newtown High School Marching Band andamp; Guard is partnering with Custom Fundraising Solutions (CFS) to hold its third annual Mattress Fundraiser on Saturday, June 2, from 10 am to 5 pm, in the h...
The Jr Newtown Action Alliance (Jr NAA) announced it has teamed up with the Newtown Action Alliance (NAA), Connecticut Against Gun Violence, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Sandy Hook Pro...
Newtown students have been traveling the country, speaking and sharing their reflections on change and gun violence. Within two weeks of Junior Newtown Action Alliance (Jr NAA) Co-Chair Tommy Murray t...
Newtown Continuing Education has limited openings available in the following summer programs. Contact Newtown Continuing Education at 203-426-1787, 9 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday, for further inf...
Holly Kocet is pushing a false narrative. The facts simply don't bear out any negative impact to the traffic on Mt Pleasant Road. Saying it does , does not make it true. The road handles in excess of 40,000 trip a day. a couple hundred form Castle Hill is negatable.
The town historically has strong collaboration with developers, but the primary obstacle arises from community opposition exerting undue influence on the zoning department. This "NIMBY" pressure often leads to project rejections that exceed the department's actual jurisdiction or authority. Consequently, developers face a limited set of options: either engage in expensive legal battles or leverage the Connecticut Affordable Housing Land Use Appeals Procedure (CGS § 8-30g) as a recourse.
You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.
